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100 unusual facts about Austria


1903 World Figure Skating Championships

Carried out of the competition for the second time won the pairs competition sporting a pairs :Christina von Szabo / G. Euler (1st place) and brother and sister Mizzi Bohatsch / Otto Bohatsch (2nd place) both of Austria .

Allentsteig

Allentsteig is a municipality in the district of Zwettl, in Lower Austria, Austria.

Allhaming

Allhaming is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in Upper Austria, Austria.

Altenmarkt bei Fürstenfeld

Altenmarkt bei Fürstenfeld is a municipality in the district of Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria.

Arzl im Pitztal

Arzl im Pitztal is a municipality in the district of Imst in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Atzbach

Atzbach is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Aug-Radisch

Aug-Radisch is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Austrian state of Styria.

Battle of Hard

The Imperial army had deployed its advance guard between the towns of Lustenau and Höchst, south of the lake town of Hard.

Baumgartenberg

Baumgartenberg is a municipality in the district Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Beer in Austria

In Voralberg is also a beer brand called Egger Bier, which is brewed by a brewery in Egg, Bregenzerwald.

Berthold II, Count of Andechs

When his daughter Kunigunde entered Admont Abbey, he donated 15 oxgangs of land in Moosburg to the abbey.

Bichlbach

Bichlbach is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Bürserberg

Bürserberg is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Desselbrunn

Desselbrunn is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Edlbach

Edlbach is a municipality in the district of Kirchdorf an der Krems in Upper Austria, Austria.

Eggendorf im Traunkreis

Eggendorf im Traunkreis is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in Upper Austria, Austria.

Eggersdorf bei Graz

Eggersdorf bei Graz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Erich Dressler

He won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1929 European luge championships in Semmering, Austria.

Fladnitz im Raabtal

Fladnitz im Raabtal is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Franz Stecker

He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1929 European championships in Semmering, Austria.

Frutten-Gießelsdorf

Frutten-Gießelsdorf is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Austrian state of Styria.

Gmachl

The Romantic Hotel Gmachl in Elixhausen (near Salzburg) was founded in 1334 and is the oldest family business in Austria.

Göpfritz an der Wild

Göpfritz an der Wild is a municipality in the district of Zwettl in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Grafenschlag

Grafenschlag is a municipality in the district of Zwettl in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Grambach

Grambach is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Grein

Grein, Austria, a municipality in the district Perg in Upper Austria

Griffen

Griffen, Austria, a town in the district of Völkermarkt in Carinthia

Gutenbrunn

Gutenbrunn is a municipality in the district of Zwettl in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Hart-Purgstall

Hart-Purgstall is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Heinrich Gomperz

Heinrich Gomperz (January 18, 1873, Vienna, Austria-Hungary – December 27, 1942, Los Angeles, California) was an Austrian philosopher.

Heiterwang

Heiterwang is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Hof bei Straden

Hof bei Straden is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Austrian state of Styria.

Imperial Natural History Museum

Later, the Museum became part of the Natural History Museum of Vienna, Austria (in German, "Naturhistorisches Museum Wien" or NHM-Wien).

Johnsdorf-Brunn

Johnsdorf-Brunn is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Austrian state of Styria.

Joseph Breinl

He has appeared at the Munich Opera Festival, the aforementioned Klavierfestival, the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, Austria, and at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.

Kammern im Liesingtal

Kammern im Liesingtal is a municipality in the district of Leoben in the Austrian state of Styria.

Kapfenstein

Kapfenstein is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

King in Prussia

They were victorious over the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy in the three Silesian Wars, greatly increasing their power through the acquisition of Silesia.

Kirchbach in Steiermark

Kirchbach in Steiermark is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Krakaudorf

Krakaudorf is a municipality in the district of Murau in Styria, Austria.

Langen bei Bregenz

Langen bei Bregenz is a municipality in the district of Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria.

Leisach

Leisach is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Leitersdorf im Raabtal

Leitersdorf im Raabtal is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Lend

Lend, Austria, a town in the district of Zell am See in the state of Salzburg

Lichtenegg

Lichtenegg is a municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Ligist

Ligist is a municipality in the district of Voitsberg in the Austrian state of Styria.

Limbach bei Neudau

Limbach bei Neudau is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Loosdorf

Around 1574 Hans Wilhem of Losenstein, who lived on the nearby castle Schallaburg, opened a school in Loosdorf, called 'die Hohe Schule' ('the High School').

Lorüns

Lorüns is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Ludwig von Flotow

Ludwig von Flotow, after 1919 known simply as Ludwig Flotow (17 November 1867 in Vienna - 6 April 1948 in Gmunden) was an Austro-Hungarian statesman.

Mandy Mulder

She won silver at the European Junior Championship Laser Radial in Breitenbrunn.

Mariahof

Mariahof is a municipality in the district of Murau in Styria, Austria.

MBA Polymers

The company has also recently expanded its operations to Austria.

Media of Austria

Austria was the second last European country (Albania was the last one) when it officially allowed other TV stations in 2003.

Austria was the last European country where radio broadcasting was a state monopoly until 1998, when private radio stations were officially allowed.

Mörschwang

Mörschwang is a municipality in the district of Ried im Innkreis in Upper Austria, Austria.

Pfaffing, Austria

Pfaffing is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Pflach

Pflach is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Pinzgauer Cattle

In Austria in 1995 there were 53,874 animals, 9,883 of which were registered in stud books.

Pistorf

Pistorf is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

Pöllauberg

Pöllauberg is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Poppendorf, Styria

Poppendorf is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Pottenstein

Pottenstein, Austria, a town in the district of Baden in Lower Austria

Raabau

Raabau is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Rabenwald

Rabenwald is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Ralph Hitz

Born in Vienna, Austria, on March 1, 1891, Hitz ran away from home three days after his family arrived in New York in 1906.

Ranten

Ranten is a municipality in the district of Murau in Styria, Austria.

Religion in Austria

The organization Call to Disobedience (Aufruf zum Ungehorsam in German) is an Austrian movement mainly composed of dissident Catholic priests which started in 2006.

Ried in der Riedmark

Ried in der Riedmark is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Riegersberg

Riegersberg is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Rohr bei Hartberg

Rohr bei Hartberg is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Rohrbach-Steinberg

Rohrbach-Steinberg is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Röthelstein

Röthelstein is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Anna am Lavantegg

Sankt Anna am Lavantegg is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Georgen am Walde

Sankt Georgen am Walde is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Sankt Jakob im Walde

Sankt Jakob im Walde is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Johann im Saggautal

Sankt Johann im Saggautal is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Peter-Freienstein

Sankt Peter-Freienstein is a municipality in the district of Leoben in Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Radegund bei Graz

Sankt Radegund bei Graz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Wolfgang-Kienberg

Sankt Wolfgang-Kienberg is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Schlag bei Thalberg

Schlag bei Thalberg is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Schrems bei Frohnleiten

Schrems bei Frohnleiten is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Schwarzau im Schwarzautal

Schwarzau im Schwarzautal is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Trautmannsdorf in Oststeiermark

Trautmannsdorf in Oststeiermark is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Tulwitz

Tulwitz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Übelbach

Übelbach is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Unterauersbach

Unterauersbach is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Victor Conrad

This took place in the form of the Conrad Observatory for Seismology, situated about 50 km from Vienna near Gutenstein.

Virgen

Virgen is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Vornholz

Vornholz is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Wängle

Wängle is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Weinburg am Saßbach

Weinburg am Saßbach is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Wenigzell

Wenigzell is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Werndorf

Werndorf is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Windhaag bei Perg

Windhaag bei Perg is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Winzendorf-Muthmannsdorf

Winzendorf-Muthmannsdorf is a municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal

Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

Zerlach

Zerlach is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Zu Mantua in Banden

Zu Mantua in Banden (also known as the Andreas-Hofer-Lied) is one of the most popular folk songs and, since 1948, the official anthem of the current Austrian State of Tyrol, i.e. the Northern and Eastern part of the former County of Tyrol.

Zwaring-Pöls

Zwaring-Pöls is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.


2002 Generali Open

The 2002 Generali Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Tennis Stadium Kitzbühel in Kitzbühel in Austria and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2002 ATP Tour.

Alphonse de Châteaubriant

In 1945 he fled to Austria, where he lived under the alias Dr. Alfred Wolf until his death at a monastery in Kitzbühel.

Amering

Amering is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Anna Heringer

She studied architecture at the University of Arts and Industrial Design in Linz, Austria, graduating in 2004.

Anton Schmid

On May 8, 2000, by invitation of German Federal Minister of Defence Rudolf Scharping, President Heinz Fischer attended the barracks-appellation as President of the National Council of Austria in Rendsburg.

Bierbaum am Auersbach

Bierbaum am Auersbach is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Big Two-Hearted River

In January 1925, while wintering in Schruns, Austria, waiting for a response from query letters written to friends and publishers in America, Hemingway submitted the story to be published in his friend Ernest Walsh's newly established literary magazine This Quarter.

Carl Tschek

Carl Tschek (? - 1872) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Ichneumonidae

Christoph Kröpfl

Born in Graz, Kröpfl started playing football with the ESV Austria Graz.Later he joined the Sturm Graz Akademie to make his professional debut for SK Sturm Graz in the 2007/2008 season against SV Ried.

CroisiEurope

In France, CroisiEurope sail on the Seine, the Rhône, the Saône, the Gironde, the Meuse, and the Rhine; in Italy, on the Po; in Spain, on the Guadalquivir; in Portugal, on the Guadiana and the Douro; in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, on the Rhine; in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, and Romania, on the Danube; and in Germany, on the Havel and the Oder.

Dieter Duhm

During this period, Duhm says that he found inspiration in the works of Nietzsche, Hegel, van Gogh, Rudolf Steiner, Jesus, Laozi, Prentice Mulford, and Teilhard de Chardin; and he spent time in the Aktionsanalytische Organisation (AAO) with Otto Muehl at the Friedrichshof community in Austria, and with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in India.

Drava

The Drava flows through Innichen/San Candido in Italy, Lienz, Spittal an der Drau, Villach, and Ferlach in Austria, Dravograd, Vuzenica, Muta, Ruše, Maribor, Ptuj, and Ormož in Slovenia, Varaždin and Osijek in Croatia, and Barcs in Hungary, being navigable for about 90 km from Čađavica in Croatia to its outfall.

Energy in Austria

According to Austrian Environment Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich Austria has a target of 34% renewable energy by 2020 and 100% self-sufficiency in energy by 2050.

Felix Pollaczek

Félix Pollaczek (1 December 1892 in Vienna – 29 April 1981 at Boulogne-Billancourt) was an Austrian-French engineer and mathematician, known for numerous contributions to number theory, mathematical analysis, mathematical physics and probability theory.

Ferdinand Hirzegger

A natural track luger, he won the silver medal in the men's singles at the 2001 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Stein an der Enns, Austria.

Gampern

Gampern is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Genevieve Woo

Woo owns Vintage Bunny, an online jewellery store specialising in modern handmade and authentic vintage jewellery, created using natural stones, pearls, Balinese silver and Austrian crystals.

Gustaf Adolf Neumann

Neumann has been "decorated" with the title of "professor" and the "great golden sign of honor for accomplishments for the state of lower Austria" ("given" by Erwin Pröll ?).

Heinz Anger

From 1945 Heinz attended elementary and primary school in Favoriten, a district of Vienna, Austria.

History of the violin

In the 19th and 20th centuries numerous violins were produced in France, in Saxony and the Mittenwald in what is now Germany, in the Tyrol, now parts of Austria and Italy, and in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.

House of Diehl

They are best known for their rock'n'roll-style live fashion performance, called Instant Couture, with which they've supported Sonic Youth, and staged events at New York Fashion Week; at the Life Ball in Vienna, Austria.

Hypo Group Tennis International

The Hypo Group Tennis International was an annual men's tennis tournament last held in Pörtschach, Austria.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

J Malan Heslop

In May 1945, Heslop was among the first American photographers to document evidence of Nazi crimes and the plight of surviving inmates at Ebensee, a subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.

Julia Hargreaves

She finished 24th at the 2011 La Coruna CSI5 Grand Prix held in La Coruna, Spain; finished 13th at the 2011 Wien Stadthalle CSI4 Table A held in Wien Stadthalle, Austria; finished first at the 2011 Sydney Royal CSI1 held in Sydney, Australia; and finished eighth at the 2011 Zuidwolde CSI2 held in Zuidwolde, The Netherlands.

Kirchschlag

Kirchschlag bei Linz, a municipality in the district Urfahr-Umgebung, Upper Austria

Konstantinos Kypriotis

In 1975 he achieved a black belt in Taekwondo with instructor Kim Kyong Myong at Tae Kwon Do studio Salzburg Austria.

Kurt Krenn

Kurt Krenn (28 June 1936 – 25 January 2014) was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop who ran a seminary for priests in Sankt Pölten, near Vienna.

La Belle Alliance

Blücher, the Prussian commander, suggested that the battle should be remembered as la Belle Alliance, to commemorate the European Seventh Coalition of Britain, Russia, Prussia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Sardinia, and a number of German States which had all joined the coalition to defeat the French Emperor.

Langkampfen

Langkampfen is a municipality in the middle of the Austrian state of Tyrol between Kufstein (8 km southwest below) and Wörgl (8 km north above).

Louis Adolf Gölsdorf

Louis Adolf Gölsdorf was born in Plaue, Austria, on 16 February 1837 and educated in Chemnitz and Dresden in neighbouring Germany at various technical schools before taking up technical work for the Leipzig-Dresden Railway.

Mariyka Pidhiryanka

After Austria-Hungary collapsed, Pidhiryanka remained in exile across the Carpathians from war-torn Galicia, where the West Ukrainian People's Republic was defeated by the Poles, who then fought off the Bolsheviks and annexed the territory.

Martin Grasegger

Martin Grasegger (born 10 January 1989) is an Austrian professional association football player currently playing for FC Pasching.

Mürzhofen

Mürzhofen is a municipality in the district of Mürzzuschlag in Styria, Austria.

Opinions on the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

A number of Muslim commentators, including Ehsan Ahrari of the Asia Times, have pointed at laws in Germany, France, Austria, and seven other countries in Europe which explicitly regard the denial of the Holocaust as a crime, free speech considerations notwithstanding.

Order of St. Andrew

He witnessed first hand the awards ceremonies for England's Order of the Garter and Austria's Order of the Golden Fleece and noticed the loyalty and pride of the awardees.

Peter Glassen

Born in Szeged, Hungary (then the Austro-Hungarian Empire) on October 19, 1920, Glassen emigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1929, residing on Gladstone Avenue in the city's west end.

Pinus cembra

Pinus cembra, also known as Swiss pine, Swiss stone pine or Arolla pine, is a species of pine tree that grows in the Alps and Carpathian Mountains of central Europe, in Poland (Tatra Mountains), Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Slovakia (Tatra Mountains), Ukraine and Romania.

Railroad cutoff

The building of a high-speed line to replace a lower-speed line is another possibility; one example of this is the New Lower Inn Valley railway in Austria.

Reinhold Frosch

Frosch also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1962 FIL European Luge Championships in Weissenbach, Austria.

René Schicker

René Schicker (born 28 September 1984) is an Austrian footballer who plays for Admira Wacker in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Rolling highway

In Italy, Trenitalia and Trasposervizi signed an agreement between Italy, Austria and Germany for a new rolling road that connects the inland of Roncafort (north of Trento) with Regensburg (north of Munich) and previously managed by the Austrian Ökombi.

Rosenheim–Kufstein railway

Another narrow gauge line, the Wachtl Railway, still connects the cement plant near Kiefersfelden station with limestone quarries at Wachtl, just inside Austria in the municipality of Thiersee.

Schaan

The municipality includes the Naafkopf, one of the two tripoints between Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Austria.

Siegersdorf bei Herberstein

Siegersdorf bei Herberstein is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Werner Jäger

Werner Jäger (born September 3, 1959) is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

Wimmersperg Spz

The gun was designed by Heinrich von Wimmersperg of Austria, who after World War II, moved to Detroit, USA.